transportation-bill-unveiled-today-bicycle-programs-eliminat

[Lessss]

http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/01 ... liminated/

[neptronix]

Blargh...

http://grist.org/transportation/a-bill-of-goods-with-their-latest-transportation-bill-republicans-side-with-the-suburbs/

Well, sounds like it's time to start clogging the streets.

[amberwolf]

http://www.capwiz.com/lab/issues/alert/ ... 76&type=TA
there's a link that will let you send a letter or an email to your rep.

Use it.

[MattyCiii]

THANKS AW,
Sent my letter, easy as pie. Also plan to get all my friends to send one, but they aren't bikers so who knows.

[amberwolf]

affects disabled and pedestrians too.

everythign but large vehicle is disadvantaged by this.

[Lessss]

As an outside observer to what goes on in Merica it seems to me that the power elite aren't even pretending to give a crap about the slave classes anymore.

[MattyCiii]

Well, sounds like it's time to start clogging the streets.

Neptronix, I agree 100%

it seems to me that the power elite aren't even pretending to give a crap about the slave classes anymore.

Lessss, I agree "99%"

It's not enough that cagers kill about 100 people in the USA every day, or that about 4 of those are hit and run homicides. Now the republicans want to subsidize bad air, obesity and energy dependence that much more. WTF? We need to send some of Fechter's magnetic douche bags http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=36451 to the House of Raperesentatives.

[Kingfish]

"I'm not concerned about the very poor"

And there you have it.
~KF

[deVries]

"I'm not concerned about the very poor"

And there you have it.
~KF

Yes, he stated we have a safety net for the poor??? He said his concern is for the middle class. ...Guess he's not too aware how many have left the middle class to have become chronically poor for years and decades now.

Sleeping outdoors in freezing weather, limited food & meal services in remote or isolated locations, mentally ill & alcohol/drug or sick or homeless are left to the streets to fend for themselves. If you don't have family in our society, then you are gonna be shit-canned w/o some real help from someone. Giving "change" at the street lights only exposes how morally weak our society is ... after all, Romney knows we have a safety net for the poor. Frack that is "socialism". The class hatred is so very real ... what fools they all are. Fiat, food, and shelter is not that hard to do ... even education or trades for each his talents can give. Instead we go for wage slaves & the race to the bottom overseas ... hollowed out our hearts & minds here ... and strengths as a moral nation worthy of its natural wealth and heritage. Hate... government, work at a living wage, and education... our anti-nation implodes in selfless selfishness.

[gogo]

http://www.imba.com/alerts/rtp-protected

Alert update 3-14-2012

Thank you! For weeks, IMBA has urged you to contact senators and congressional representatives and ask them to retain funding for the vitally important Recreational Trails Program (RTP). Today, we are proud to tell you that your efforts were successful.

A bipartisan amendment, introduced by Senator Klobuchar (D-MN), was recently included in the Senate transportation bill (MAP-21) with the effect of saving the Recreational Trails Program. Last week the program had zero funding in the Senate, but thanks to thousands of mountain bikers calling and emailing from coast-to-coast we were able to protect $85 milion for building, improving and maintaining trails.

Political posturing for the purpose of wheeling and dealing. Sausage makers.

[Dauntless]

Political posturing for the purpose of wheeling and dealing. Sausage makers.

Yeah, darn it, they probably planned for a larger set of campaign contributions for putting this back than the money actually put back in the budget, even IF it actually gets spent as intended.

[Lock]

Good news from the IMBA... you know, unless you are an ebiker, in which case you can go to hell
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=32529